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hvernig – sálgreining og hinsegin fræði fari saman. Þeirri spurningu er ekki síst svar-
að í ljósi arfleifðar Butler, en verk hennar hafa hrundið af stað margbreytilegri fræði-
mennsku sem miðar fyrst og fremst að því að kanna fleiri möguleika til að hugsa um
sálgreiningu í samhengi hinsegin veruleika.
Lykilorð: hinsegin fræði, sálgreining, Judith Butler, trans, kyn/kyngervi
A B S T R A C T
Gender Trouble and Head-On Collisions
Psychoanalysis and Queer Theory
In recent decades, important rereading of canonical psychoanalytic texts has taken
place within the fields of both psychoanalysis and queer theory. This work started
with Judith Butler’s seminal book, Gender Trouble, where she begins her project of
revising psychoanalytic theory from a queer perspective. This article explores the
ways Butler draws on psychoanalysis in her works, mainly the theories of Sigmund
Freud and Jacques Lacan, and discusses the critique put forward by psychoanalytic
scholars such as Tim Dean, Patricia Gherovici and Shanna Carlson. The question
driving the article is how psychoanalysis is, or can be, important for queer theory
and vice versa. This question is addressed in the context of Butler’s works and the
scholarship it has given rise to, which has provided a variety of possibilities for
thinking about psychoanalysis in a queer world.
Key words: queer theory, psychoanalysis, Judith Butler, trans, sex/gender
AF USLA OG ÁREKSTRUM